Fiscal Year 2025

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) set a new record in the 2024–25 fiscal year by transferring more than half a billion dollars to support UW–Madison. This year’s figure — more than $548 million — topped the previous record of $455 million in FY24, by more than 20 percent. Those dollars measure the impact that alumni and donors have in helping UW–Madison educate students, make discoveries, heal patients, and spread the benefits of research to homes, farms, and businesses around the state and nation.

“I am proud of the way our team has strengthened relationships and worked closely with generous alumni and friends to produce strong results in support of the university,” says Alisa Robertson ’94, MBA’03, WFAA’s president and CEO. “I’m also proud of the way our team has engaged alumni and friends to advocate on behalf of the university both at the federal and state level.”

Robertson notes that philanthropic highlights from from the fiscal year include construction on Morgridge Hall — home for the UW’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences — and groundbreaking for the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center, the UW’s long-needed new engineering building. In addition, more than 75,000 donors made new commitments in FY25, adding up to $414 million in new gifts and pledges, more than $10 million above the goal, and alumni joined in an advocacy collation to urge the Wisconsin state legislature and the federal government to provide supportive funding.

“What is important to us right now,” says Robertson, “is to keep sharing the facts about the university’s value, and to continue answering questions from our donors and alumni to strengthen understanding and trust.”

Watch the video below to learn more about WFAA’s investments and UW–Madison’s priorities.